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Update on Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) losses in the bottom longline fishery due to the depredation by killer whales and sperm whales off the Kerguelen and Crozet Islands

Update on Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) losses in the bottom longline fishery due to the depredation by killer whales and sperm whales off the Kerguelen and Crozet Islands

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Document Number:

WG-FSA-16/10

Author(s):

N. Gasco, P. Tixier, G. Duhamel and C. Guinet

Submitted By:

Mr Nicolas Gasco (France)

Approved By:

Professor Philippe Koubbi (France)

Agenda Item(s)

WG-FSA-16 - 6 - Non-target catch and interactions in CCAMLR fisheries

Abstract

Depredation caused by killer whales and sperm whales on the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery off Kerguelen and Crozet EZs are amongst the most important in the Southern Ocean. This paper presents the first results of depredation rates calculated on a yearly basis using the CPUE method.